Wichita eagle., 1887-05-25
ADAMS ANSWERED.

For the EAGLE.
Believing in the philosophy of dreams, and
knowing that the shadow cannot exist with
out substance, relate dream which came
to me as the harbingcr of fatality which
changed the whole course of my life.
Years ago, in dream, was transported
to realm Of death and darkness In the
center of this grim and CHASTITY region was an
amphitheatre-shaped cloud whose summit
wall was lost in shadow and distance In
| the center Of this cloud ediflce, at its base.
yawned a dismal vortex from which issued
the shrieks of doomed and damned specters
OF perdition. Ever and anon across the
background Of the hellish sky there shot
| fiery meteors of wierd and unnatural light.
| All startled l gazed on the horrible scene.
Presently there came toward me heudish
looking fellow clad in scarlet robes. When
he had come within speaking distance
| cried out: "Say you, can you tell me where
| am" had no sooner spoken than / was
| terrified and ne arly derfened by a bursting
pea of thunder such as have never heard.
l looked toward where the fiend had been
he had disappeared. was afraid to move.
Listening, could hear coming from afar
the roaring OF an ocean. Presently the be-
ing reappeared. As he came close to me be
looked as one having authority, In one
hand he held parchment, in the other a
sword.
In harsh, repulshial tones he said to me:
Mortal, thou hast been chosen from
among men to-
"Ho.d," said l, "who dares to chose me at
their own free will; who are you. any how,
and what ocean is that hear growlingt'
II am" he replied, 'the prince of the
power of the air; these are my domains; it
is l who chose you; that ocean is called the
Turbulent Past; that noise you just heard
was caused by ship laden with lost eterni-
ties, going to pieces on the rocks of despair u
''Is this Help exclaimed
go! no, this is the fuel room of Inferno. 81
'But," said he, 'let me proceed; you have
been chosen to carry message to thy fellow
man."
"What is the nature of this ageg'
said l.
''It is system of PHILOSOPHY, he replied,
formulated by my prime minister, the imp
of the perverse. 1t teaches that there is no
hell and no future punishment, and argues
that eternal evolution is The order of the
universe"
But" said l, ''this system is already
known and taught by some of the brightest
men of our day"
Very true" he replied, ''but l want a
larger influx of souls here than heretofore
and wish you to carry this doctrine to
a certain class hitherto unbeguiled."
Seeing me hesitate, he said: 'Your reward
will be fame, riches and high social position
mo, no!' l exclaimed. II will not buy
these things at such a price 1 will not; 1
can not prove false to the teachings of
noble, Christian mother"
Then you refuse to obey meg'
~ do"
had no sooner said this than 1 was sur
rounded by a myriad host of groulish edo
IONS, who Kissed and Knocked and tainted me.
With wave of his sword he babe them
retire into the covert Of the clouds, and then
INV AhOA oohCu lLc W garry Ills lueSs3So.
Tempt me not, thou foul vampire; I'll not
tain my hands in thy bloody work." said |
Then his sepulchral voice fairly roared as |
ie cried: ''Mortal, from this time thou art |
'ursed among men; thy doom is to wander
is an outcast, and hunted and bounded by re-
morse shalt thou be.n
l awoke; my nerves were unstrung, my
mind was afire. The shadow Of a nameless
read haunted me. The words of the spectre
ollowed me like sharks in the wake of
eath-doomed ship. Day and night I was
erturbed by this angry mental temptest
he curse came with awful malevolence. |
ecame an Ishmaelite, wanderer, ostracised
rom home, friends and society 1 am now a
Treck.
Rev. c. j. Adams may persuade, himself
1ere is no hell. Fatality. wreck, ruin!
lrk in the trough of that sea- "There shall
e wailing and gnashing of teethr'
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